- (1.) Heard Sri Ashok Khare, Senior Advocate on behalf of the petitioners and Sri D.P. Singh, Advocate on behalf of the District Cooperative Bank Limited, Ghazipur.
(2.) Petitioners by means of the present writ petition seek quashing of the orders dated 18 th March, 1998 issued by the Secretary/General Manager, District Cooperative Bank Ltd., Ghazipur (Annexure-14 to the writ petition) as also a writ of mandamus directing the respondents to not to implement the order dated 03.01.1998 and further to absorb the petitioners as Junior Clerk in District Cooperative Bank Ltd., Ghazipur and lastly to ignore the order of the U.P. Cooperative Institutional Service Board, Lucknow dated 24.01.1996.
(3.) Facts, in short, giving rise to the present writ petition are as follows: Petitioners, who are 11 in number, were admittedly appointed as Secretary in Primary Agricultural Cooperative Credit Society (Centralized Service) at different societies of the said category in the State of Uttar Pradesh. On 11 th April, 1998 the Registrar, Cooperative Societies U.P. issued a circular with reference to the enforcement of "Sarlikrit Rin Vitaran Pranali" w.e.f. 01 st July, 1988, wherein it was resolved that in every cooperative society, distributing loan in rural areas, for every branch two additional posts of Category-III be created. Out of said two posts, first be filled by Cooperative Supervisor by way of deputation. In respect of second post i.e. 50% of the new posts it was decided that the same be filled in following manner (a) 25% by employees working in Grade 'C' post in head office of branches where they were in excess, (b) 15% be filled by promotion from Class-IV and (c) the remaining 10% be filled by appointment of approved Secretaries and other employees of Primary Agriculture Loan Cooperative Societies in the district including Kisan Sahakari Samiti by way of deputation. It was provided that in respect of such appointments on deputation, a selection committee shall be constituted and a candidate possessed of the qualification prescribed at the end of thecircular alone would be entitled to be considered.;